Drat and double drat.
PH Sportscars very efficiently sent me the 3-point belt kit today.
On taking the parcel shelf off it is clear that the panel they sent is from a 964 - has the cutout for the rear wiper motor that's not on a Carrera 3.2 (wiper on the engine cover lid). It won't fit!!! Slightly different shape.
To make matters worse I can't find the threads for the seatbelts that should be there. A call to Porsche GB told me that UK spec cars did not have the threads/strengthening until 86 MY. The confusion is that some '84 and onwards RoW cars (not UK) had the threads.
Anyway, they recommended NOT trying to fit the belts as the bulkhead is not strong enough. Their recommendation was to fit the 2-point belts, as these passed the (albeit less stringent in those days) safety approvals.
I hope this will be of help to others and that it will save a load of time.
Separately, about 8 inches inboard of where the inertia reel unit would have been fitted is a bolt with a bracket on it - one on each side. This bracket had a metal clip attached with some 1.5in. webbing that had been cut. On the parcel shelf there is an outlet for these straps just forward of where the speakers are (I had assumed this cut out was something to do with the speakers).
Does anyone know what this could be? Neither Porsche GB or AFN Guildford had an answer. My guesses are either a) some sort of luggage restraint device, b) brackets for 4-point racing harnesses (unlikely, car is stock and there's no reinforcement around the bolts or c) some sort of child harness.
Waiting for PH to call me back about returning the parts they sent - shame I? ripped all the packaging to bits in my eagerness to see what they had sent
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Phil.
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